Pad support



May 6, 1930. A. D. LELONG 1,757,532

PAD SUPPORT Filed Jan. 14, 1929 Patented May 6, 1930 PATENT GFFECEARTHUR D. LELONG, F VERONA, NEW JERSEY PAD SUPPORT Application filedJanuary 14, 1929.

This invention relates to a device for holding a pad in which the leavesof the pad are loose and are turned over and back from day to day so asto retain a record of the notations thereon. The pads are usuallycalendar pads and the invention resides in a holder for the pad whichcan be easily attached to or detached from a base in which the holder orclip is secured by the resiliency of the clip which is made of springwire.

The invention is illustrated in the accon1- panying drawing in whichFigure l is a perspective view of my improved pad holder with the padpartly broken away to show the spring clip to better advantage andFigure 2 is a perspective view of the spring clip.

The device consists of a suitable base 10 which is of any desired formand is usually made of sheet metal and has cars 11 struck up therefromor the ears can be attached when made of a separate piece. They areshown in the drawing as being inwardly directed although the positioncan be reversed and they extend toward the outer edges of the base.

The spring clip comprises a piece of wire that is formed with arms 12which extend into hair-pin shaped portions 13, the end arms 14 of whichare arranged to pass through holes 15 provided in the pad 18 of theusual form. The ends of the arms 14 are seated in recesses 17 that arepunched in the top face of the base, although these depressions 17 canbe dispensed with. The

arms 12 extend upwardly as at 18 and are connected by a cross-arm 19.

In assembling the pad and the holder the pad is slipped on to the arms14 then the arms 12 are squeezed toward each other, seated 4 under thelips 11 and then released. The parts are thus held in position and thearm 19 or the cross-arm acts as a rest for the leaves of the pad whichare turned over as shown at 20 in the dotted outline in Figure 1.

The top sheet of the pad 16 is usually made of stiff cardboard to act asa support underneath the leaves of the pad as they are turned over. Itwill be noted that the clip not only forms a device for holding the padin position but also for supporting the turned Serial No. 332,352.

over leaves and for maintaining the clip on the base.

I claim 1. A pad support comprising a base with opposed lips on its topface, a -w1re clip hav- 5 111g its central portion formed of side armsthat engage the lips by lateral resiliency and having its two endsraised forming on one end hair pin portions for engaging a pad and onthe other end including a raised crossbar to support raised leaves ofthe pad.

2. In a pad support, a clip formed of wire bent to provide side armssubstantially par allel, the wire extending upwardly from one end of theside arms and joined by a cross arm and extending upwardly from theother end of the side arms and formed into hairpin portions to hold apad.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ARTHUR D. LELONG.

